Indictments returned in two homicides and an attempted murder

Syracuse, NY - An Onondaga County grand jury Friday indicted two men in separate homicides and a third in an attempted murder case.

Tommy K. Davis, 32, listing addresses on West Colvin Street and Reed Avenue, was indicted on two counts of second-degree murder and single counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, first-degree reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child in the Oct. 7 shooting death of Kiwan Rush.

Authorities said Rush, 17, was shot in the back in the 100 block of Eastman Avenue as part of an ongoing dispute with Davis. Police said Rush was carrying a shotgun when he was shot. He died about an hour later at Upstate University Hospital.

Davis is charged with murder under two theories: that he acted intentionally and that he acted with depraved indifference to human life and recklessly killed the victim.

Denys Almeida, 28, of 121 Kellogg St., was indicted on a single count of second-degree murder in the Sept. 29 death of Alexis Madera-Duenas. Authorities said the victim was the current boyfriend of Almeida’s former girlfriend.

Officials said the victim was stabbed at least 17 times during a dispute with Almeida over some clothing at the woman’s Bellevue Avenue apartment.

Guy Jayson, 47, of Fairview Avenue, was indicted on two counts of first-degree burglary and single counts of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, aggravated criminal contempt and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon in a July 10 attack on his ex-wife.

Authorities said Kathryn Jayson, 44, was asleep in her Winton Avenue home when she was attacked. Police said the defendant entered through a window and stabbed the victim 31 times.